Is it just me, or does anyone else find this movie extremely frightning?? (the original version with Jack Nicholson)
2006-07-12 05:04:18 · 11 answers · asked by Penguin Gal 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
VERY!! My favorite scary movie!!
2006-07-12 05:07:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oh, sure. It's still frightening today. Kubrick did really well with the material.
The bipolar nature of Jack Nicholson was very effective. He starts off as a loving husband (though a misguided father), but you see the anger in him bubbling up until the explosive ending. And the ax murder was simply terrifying.
I'd say this version was even scarier than the book. In the book, it was clearly the evil of the hotel that was at work. In the movie, Kubrick played up the evil of human nature, which is more frightening than a haunted hotel. Sure, the movie showed the ghosts, but you don't really see the ghosts affecting Jack Nicholson until the very end. During the middle of the movie, it's all about his isolation and how it bugs at him.
But the book did have an excellent scene with topiary. And as someone who hates wasps, the wasps' nest scene really creeped me out.
Incidentally, I read the book while working as a security guard in a factory that was shut down for 2 weeks due to Christmas break. I was a new hire, so I wasn't acclimated to all those factory noises at night. Not the brightest of ideas, but did it enhance the creepiness factor of the book!
2006-07-12 12:06:39 · answer #2 · answered by Rev Kev 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This movie is one of the best movies of history, just because it makes you feel so scary about what a simple condition like loneliness and the weather can do to a person... really scary but excellent movie!!!
2006-07-12 12:08:34 · answer #3 · answered by *<:-)☼♥♣♫♪ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
frightening yes...but only because the thought of your own father turning on you makes you feel unsafe
2006-07-12 12:07:52 · answer #4 · answered by jenny a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
totally
2006-07-12 12:07:08 · answer #5 · answered by Writer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heres jonny!!!! yea bein trapped all alone with your spouse tryin to kill ya not much scarier
2006-07-12 15:00:39 · answer #6 · answered by Dan B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea. he such a good actor, those eyes freak me out aswell *shiver*
2006-07-12 12:07:34 · answer #7 · answered by invigeration69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh yeah! it's so good but soooo scary...it creeps me out no matter how many times i watch it! RED RUM...RED RUM!!!!
2006-07-12 12:10:40 · answer #8 · answered by sunniskies4me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scared the holy crap out of me!!!
2006-07-12 12:20:07 · answer #9 · answered by que_rida 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. I just knew what would happen.
2006-07-12 12:08:41 · answer #10 · answered by roxstar56 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋